EATON CORP FORM 144 (Report of proposed sale of securities) Filed 2/18/2005 Address EATON CTR 1111 SUPERIOR AVE CLEVELAND, Ohio 44114-2584 Telephone 216-523-5000 CIK 0000031277 Industry Misc. Capital Goods Sector Capital Goods Fiscal Year 12/31 OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0101 Expires: December 31, 2006 Estimated average burden hours per response...2.0 SEC USE ONLY DOCUMENT SEQUENCE NO. CUSIP NUMBER WORK LOCATION UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 FORM 144 NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ATTENTION: Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing an order with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale directly with a market maker. 1(a) Name of Issuer Eaton Corporation (d) (b) IRS Ident. No. (c) S.E.C. File No. 34-0196300 1-1396 Address of Issuer (e) Telephone Eaton Center 1111 Superior Avenue Cleveland , OH (Street) (City) 2(a) Name of Person For Whose Account the Securities are to be Sold (State) 44114 (Zip Code) (b) IRS Ident. No. (Area Code) (Number) (c) Relationship to Issuer Vice President - Strategic Planning Ken D. Semelsberger (d) 216 523-5000 Address Eaton Center 1111 Superior Avenue Cleveland , OH (Street) (City) INSTRUCTION: (State) 44114 (Zip Code) The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number (b) Name and Address of Each Broker Through Whom the Securities Are to be Offered or Each Market Maker Who is Acquiring the Securities 3(a) Title of the Class of Securities to be Sold Common Shares SEC USE ONLY Broker-Dealer File Number Fidelity Investments 200 Liberty Street, Mail Zone NJBD4 New York, NY 10281 (c) Number of Shares or Other Units to be Sold (See Instr. 3(c)) (d) Aggregate Market Value (See Instr. 3(d)) (e) Number of Shares or Other Units Outstanding (See Instr. 3(e)) (f) Approximate Date of Sale (Mo/Day/Yr) (See Instr. 3(f)) (g) Name of Each Securities Exchange (See Instr. 3(g)) 27,880 $1,938,217.60 151,900,000 2/22/2005 NYSE INSTRUCTIONS: 1. (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) Name of issuer Issuer’s I.R.S. Identification Number Issuer’s S.E.C. file number, if any Issuer’s address, including zip code Issuer’s telephone number, including area code 2. (a) (b) (c) Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold Such person’s I.R.S. Identification number, if such person is an entity Such person’s relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10 percent stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing) Such person’s address, including zip code (d) 3. (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) Title of the class of securities to be sold Name and Address of each broker through whom the securities are intended to be sold Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the aggregate face amount) Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date within 10 days prior to the filing of this notice Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown by the most recent report or statement published by the issuer Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are intended to be sold Page 2 TABLE I — SECURITIES TO BE SOLD Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the securities to be sold and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or other consideration therefor: Title of the Class Common Shares Date You Acquired 2/22/2005 Nature of Acquisition Transaction Stock Option Exercise Name of Person from Whom Acquired (if gift, also give date donor acquired) Eaton Corporation Amount of Securities Acquired Date of Payment 27,880 2/22/2005 Nature of Payment Cash INSTRUCTIONS: If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full or the last installment paid. TABLE II — SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold. Name and Address of Seller Title of Securities Sold Page 3 Date of Sale Amount of Securities Sold Gross Proceeds REMARKS: INSTRUCTIONS: See the definition of “person” in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing this notice. ATTENTION: The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations of the issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been publicly disclosed. 2/18/2005 /s/ Ken D. Semelsberger, by Claudia J. Taller as attorney-infact. DATE OF NOTICE (SIGNATURE) The notice shall be signed by the persons for whose account the securities are to be sold. At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed. Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures. ATTENTION: Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001) Page 4 End of Filing © 2005 | EDGAR Online, Inc.